Monday, 30 June 2014

do you ever buy postcards , not to send to anyone, but as a small memento of a visit somewhere?

Last week I couldn't resist picking up the top photo, of Hunstanton, in the Rock shop.

My Lovely sister in law popped the bottom one in with my birthday prezzie......she is so thoughtful..........

I know I take loads of photos, but I still love a printed image and they are so inexpensive.

I think my favourite postcards are not photos though....but art of various sorts.

They don't have to be of the place we have visited to bring back memories.
I love these cheerful postcards I bought on a rainy seaside visit back in 2012..........

They made me smile when the weather wasn't kind. Read about that visit HERE.

These colourful Janet Bell images are wonderful don't you think.
I bought them last year in Cornwall, and they remind me of a day spent at PORTH BEACH, even though they don't feature images of the place it's self.............

Here's a lovely postcard sent to me by Heather......I love it's cheerful flowers and it reminds me of a happy giveaway win.............

Friday, 27 June 2014

Hello Lovelies,
On Wednesday I planned another long walk....brisk and sweat inducing to count as a good work out......for various reasons I'm not running at the moment.

It was a cool, hazy morning. I walked along the roadside on a country road with no footpath. I was glad to reach this bridleway to get away from the drivers who hurtle along at sixty miles an hour just because they can.

The greenery is so lush right now, with Hogweed higher than my head..........

A Red Admiral butterfly is flitting about in the Hawthorn hedge. Just as I'm about to photograph this little chap, he snaps his wings shut........

Then I'm sure he was playing a game with me all along the path....flying a few meters and landing with his wings open, only to close them as I got my camera ready :0)